Sanctification

The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. Theol., the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.

God hath from the baginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
2 Thess. ii. 13.

2.

The act of consecrating, or of setting apart, for a sacred purpose; consecration.